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LEPIBOPTEBA IN DIG A. 
Expanse, 8 2J to 2f, ? 2f inches. 
Habitat.— Europe ; N. and C. Asia; Afghanistan ; W. and E. Himalayas. 
Distribution (Within our Area).—Specimens from Ohitral, taken by Oapt. G. H. 
Colomb, from Gilgit, by Oapt. Biddulph, and from Ladak, by Oapt. E. E. S. Adair, 
are in the British Museum Collection. We possess a male from Ladak, taken by 
the Messrs. Schlagtweit, both sexes from Kashmur, taken by Oapt. R. Bayne Beed, 
and others from Simla, Masuri, and Kumaon. Oapt. H. B. Hellard obtained it at 
“ Pangi, in Busahur, in July and August, in the Indus Valley between Dras River 
and Skardo in July, and also in Kashmir from July to September” (MS. Notes), 
In Mr. J. H. Leech’s Collection are specimens taken by himself at Dras in June, 
others from Kujiar, 6,000 feet elevation, and Narkunda in April, Kardong, 14,000 
feet, in August, Chonging Valley, 15-17,000 feet, in July and August, and at 
Kylang, 13,000 feet, in September, all taken by Oapt. H. McArthur. Ool. J. W. 
Yerbury found it “ common at Campbellpur from May to July, and from October 
to December. The Cabbages in my garden are covered at the present time, 
January 11th, with the caterpillars of some white butterfly, and there are some half- 
dozen chrysalides on the walls of the bungalow, all probably belonging to this 
species” (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, 376). Also taken at “ Thundiani, in September” 
(id. Ann. N. H. 1888, 204). Col. C. Swinhoe records “a single male taken at 
Kasian, Afghanistan, in June ” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1885, 343). Mr. P. W. Mackiunon 
found it “ very common in Masuri and less so in the Dun, in March, but not found 
in any great numbers later in the year, although an occasional specimen may be 
seen in almost every month in gardens in Masuri in the spring, the larva does great 
damage to cabbages ( Brassica cam'pestvis , N. O. Cruciferm), so much so that boys 
have to be continually employed in picking them off ” (Journ. Bombay N. H. Soc. 
1898, 590). Oapt. A. M. Lang records it being found “ everywhere in the N.W. 
Himalayas up to 10,000 feet altitude” (P. Z. S. 1865, 90). Oapt. Lang also records 
it as “ abundant at Umballa, in the Plains, in January, but I never saw it in Oudh ” 
(Ent. Mo. Mag. 1864, 103). “Common in Dharmsala; larvae reared on May 5th 
from eggs found on the Nasturtium. Imagines came out on May 25th. Two or 
three broods in the year” (J. H. Hocking, P. Z. S. 1882, 256). Mr. L. de Niceville 
records it from “ Singal, Gilgit River Valley, at 7,100 feet elevation” (Rept. 
Pamur Comm. 43). Mr. G. R. Gray’s type was obtained in Nepal by Gen. T. 
Hardwicke (List. Lep. B. M. i. 32 (1844). Mr. H. J. Elwes says “it is commoner 
in the interior of Sikkim than at Darjiling, but occurs there from March to 
December, and as low as 3,000 feet ” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 416). Mr. Elwes has also 
received specimens, taken by native collector, probably in the Chumbi Valley. Col. 
C. T. Bingham has received it from “ Yatung, Tibet, taken in June.” Mr. Dudgeon 
obtained it in Bhotan. 
